Pope Benedict this week makes a trip to Britain and his welcome in one of Europe’s most secular nations will range from polite to indifferent.
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/ 13 September 2010
Former world champion Ricky Hatton was "devastated" on Sunday after a newspaper published photos of the boxer allegedly snorting cocaine.
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/ 10 September 2010
A book by America’s most famous bird artist, John James Audubon, billed as the most expensive in the world, is going under the hammer in December.
Europe’s gay youth still practising unsafe sex in face of campaigns.
One of the biggest concerns is that not enough is being done to cut the number of child deaths across the globe.
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/ 10 September 2010
Despite the lack of reliable evidence underpinning the treatments being offered, the number of people resorting to stem-cell tourism is growing.
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/ 7 September 2010
Millions of commuters across London struggled to get to work on Tuesday as a 24-hour strike by workers on the underground crippled the network.
Three Pakistan cricketers accused of involvement in an illegal betting scam maintained their innocence on Thursday.
God no longer has any place in theories on the creation of the universe, UK scientist Stephen Hawking said in extracts published from a new book.
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/ 2 September 2010
Kevin Pietersen has apologised for swearing in a Twitter outburst that revealed he had been dropped from England’s Twenty20 and ODI squads.
Ex-premier Tony Blair’s memoirs are a good read but they risk reopening old wounds in his Labour party, British newspapers said on Thursday.
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/ 1 September 2010
Kevin Pietersen faced the prospect of disciplinary action after announcing Twitter on Tuesday he’d been dropped from England’s squad.
Sunderland striker Darren Bent scored a 90th-minute penalty to hand big-spending Manchester City a 1-0 defeat at the Stadium of Light on Sunday.
Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt and two bowlers were grilled by UK detectives probing an alleged betting scam on Sunday.
Young tutors who attended elite British private schools are helping convicts to gain an education.
The Tribe opened its doors on the internet this month but will be launched officially on September 18.
It’s hard not to agree with the argument that digital media is making us stupid, writes <strong>John Harris</strong>.
Further tests were being carried out on Thursday on the body of a British spy whose remains were found in a bag in the bathtub of his London flat.
Tottenham Hotspur romped into the group stages of the Champions League after a 4-0 victory over Young Boys in the play-off second leg on Wednesday.
The doctor who cut a Harlequins rugby player’s lip to cover up a fake-blood injury scam said on Tuesday she is ashamed she succumbed to pressure.
Carlos Tevez scored twice as Manchester City overpowered Liverpool 3-0 at Eastlands on Monday.
The doctor caught up in the Harlequins fake-blood controversy admitted on Monday she had cut the lip of the player at the centre of the scandal.
Sir Alex Ferguson conceded Manchester United could live to regret their frustrating 2-2 draw against Fulham at Craven Cottage on Sunday.
Paul the octopus, the oracle of the Soccer World Cup in SA, has become an official ambassador for England’s bid to host the tournament in 2018.
A hunt was on Sunday for the woman branded "Britain’s most disgusting person" for urinating on a war memorial.
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini introduced Mario Balotelli as someone who could become one of the greatest footballers in the world.
A remarkable week of transfer business, even by the standards of Manchester City, concluded with James Milner finally checking in from Villa.
Antibiotics are a bedrock of modern medicine
but, in the near future, we’re going to have to learn to live without them once again.
McDonald’s, Burger King and other fast-food outlets should offer diners free drugs to compensate for the risk of heart disease.
Migraines are part of my inheritance — my father gets them and his mother remembered her mother going to bed with "sick headaches".
Britain’s coalition government marked its first 100 days on Wednesday, with Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg claiming it had surprised many.
Sir Alex Ferguson insists keeping pace with Chelsea is Manchester United’s main priority.